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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 10:24 PM
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Shark a-sexual reproduction confirmed
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27107721/

By Steve Szkotak

updated 10:49 p.m. MT, Thurs., Oct. 9, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. - Scientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark.

In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male.

The first documented case of asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, among sharks involved a pup born to a hammerhead at an Omaha, Neb., zoo.

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orestes Donating Member (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 10:26 PM
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1. Raptor Jesus, meet Shark Jesus
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ThePhoenix Donating Member (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 10:26 PM
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2. Shark Virgin Birth Confirmed
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x392281

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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 10:28 PM
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3. Lol from that thread: "Jawsus" hahahahahahaha n/t
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 10:36 PM
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4. hee hee. n/t
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